Maintenance Manager (Lumberton)

The Mechanical Maintenance Manager leads and develops the mechanical maintenance organization for IFGs state-of-the-art sawmill located in Lumberton MS. This role builds on the existing foundation of maintenance systems and practices oversees mill reliability trains and develops the maintenance team and ensures safe efficient operation of all mechanical assets. There is a significant focus on data-driven maintenance approaches and overseeing business processes through a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS). This role involves collaborating with other departments to meet production targets improve overall operational efficiency and ensure alignment with financial goals.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Create a high-performance culture focused on safety reliability accountability and continuous improvement.
• Provide daily leadership coaching and performance management for all maintenance personnel.
• Partner with Operations to drive proactive communication coordinated downtime and shared production goals.
• Safety & Compliance
• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with OSHA NFPA-70E LOTO fall protection and IFG safety systems.
• Reliability & Preventive Maintenance Systems
• Build the mills reliability and preventive/predictive maintenance program.
• Continue to Develop PMs PdM routes (vibration thermography ultrasound) lubrication standards and equipment criticality analysis.
• Lead RCA failure-mode analysis and downtime investigations.
• Implement asset care standards and maintenance best practices across the mill.
• CMMS & Work Management
• Drive a data-driven maintenance culture.
• Help optimize IFG CMMS system. This will include developing AI as a tool in improving systems & methods.
• Develop and optimize work order workflows KPIs coding standards and asset hierarchy.
• Planning & Scheduling
• Establish the planning and scheduling process for all maintenance work (PM PdM improvements).
• Ensure the planner/scheduler has accurate priorities job plans and material requirements.
• Build the weekly maintenance schedule and lead the weekly Maintenance-Operations Planning Meeting.
• Manage downtime planning for both scheduled and unscheduled outages.
• Lead troubleshooting to meet production and reliability targets.
• Budgeting & Cost Control
• Develop and manage the annual maintenance budget including labor contractors materials and spare parts.
• Major Maintenance budgeting
• Control maintenance costs while minimizing downtime and maximizing equipment life.
• Continuous Improvement

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Education & Experience
  • 5 years of industrial maintenance leadership experience (sawmill preferred).
  • Associate or bachelors degree in reliability manufacturing maintenance mechanical engineering or related field.
  • Demonstrated success in building or improving maintenance systems and reliability programs.
  • Experienced with precision maintenance on industrial equipment.
  • Experience with modern technology-enabled sawmill equipment strongly preferred.
• Technical Skills
  • Strong mechanical and hydraulics pneumatics conveyors sawline equipment.
  • Competent electrical & automation knowledge of PLCs VFDs scanner requirements and functions.
  • Working knowledge of CMMS systems predictive maintenance tools and asset management strategies.
  • Ability to read mechanical drawings electrical schematics and OEM documentation.
• Leadership & Soft Skills
  • Strong communicator who can work closely with superintendents supervisors and operators.
  • Ability to lead change set clear expectations and hold teams accountable.
  • Strategic thinker who also excels in hands-on troubleshooting during startup and breakdowns.
  • Highly organized disciplined and calm under pressure.
• Performance Metrics
  • Safe execution of all maintenance work (zero serious incidents).
  • Reliability performance of major assets.
  • PM completion rate scheduled vs. unscheduled downtime.
  • Cost performance against maintenance budget.
  • Team capability development and retention.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Ability to sit and/or stand for shift reach with hands and arms stoop squat bend at the waist kneel walk varying distance and climb stairs.

• Bend at waist occasional
• Twist upper body occasional
• Stoop occasional
• Lift above waist height occasional
• Lift over 50 lbs. - rare
• Repetitive use of hands constant for clerical duties
• Stand/walk occasional
• Sit frequent
• Vision near and far correctable; depth perception
• Hearing preferred for awareness of surrounding machinery mobile equipment emergencies

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Must be able to tolerate all weather elements loud conditions airborne particles (sawdust).

Idaho Forest Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of race/ethnicity color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability protected veteran status age genetic information family medical history or any other status protected by law.